Receptacle for photographs or the like.



PATENTED JUNE 20, 1905.

I. KELLNER.

REOEPTACLE FOR PHOTOGRAPHS OR THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 6,1903.

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PATENTED JUNE 20, 1905.

'I. KELLNER. REGBPTAGLBFOR PHOTOGRAPHS OR THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.6,1903.

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NITED STATES ISIDOR KELLNER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,

Patented June 20, 1905.

PATENT rricE.

ASSIGNOR TO MANHATTAN ILLINOIS.

. RECEPTACLIE FOR PHOTOGRAPHS OR THE LIKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.

792,709, dated June 20, 1905.

Application filed April 6, 1903. Serial No. 151,271.

To all whom it may concern;

' convenient device for the purpose stated which shall more effectually protect the photographs from dust and injury, while at the same time it is highly ornamental.

To this end my invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement, and combination of parts .herein shown and described, and more particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, wherein like reference characters indicate like or corresponding parts, Figure l is a front elevation of my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse section in line 4 4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section in line 3 3 of Fig. l, and Fig. 4: is a side elevation of one of the ornamental candelabra adapted for use with my device.

In the drawings, 1 represents the base or body of my device, provided with a flat back to hang snugly against the wall and also provided with side and end walls 2 3, forming a receptacle preferably rectangular in form. It is rectangular in cross-section and provided on its extension with brackets 4 4:, adapted to receive and support ornamental candelabra 5 or equivalent parts. The space inclosed between the side and end walls is provided with a plurality of transversely-extending pockets 6 6, each having a front wall 7, thus forming a plurality of transverse receptacles substantially rectangular in form and adapted for the convenient reception of photographs or similar articles, said receptacles extending the full width of said space, as shown in Fig. 2.

The whole base, as thus described, is highly ornamental, which effect is preferably enhanced by ornamental end scrolls 8 8, secured to the body and forming a part thereof. A door or cover 9 is hinged to the body 1, as at 10 10, the opposite edge and the body being provided with suitable cooperating engaging members 11 12. The door 9 is formed to swell outward, both transversely and longitudinally, forming a highly-ornamental panel '13, which may be embellished as desired. In practice the cover is of metal, suitably formed as described, upon the surface of which any preferred portrait, painting, or other picture or ornamental productiom may be formed or prepared, and an outer surface of glass of suitable form preserves the same from harm and gives the whole a highly-ornamental finish. The inner surface of the door 9 is thus concave and is provided with one or more transverse pockets 1A 14:, having a straight inner face and a concave back. The pockets thus formed are deeper near the center and taper outward toward the edges, as shown in Fig. 2. These pockets 14 are substantially of the full width of the door. It will thus be seen that the pockets 6 6 are adapted to contain photographs of substantially the same size, while the pockets 14 14 are adapted to contain photographs of different sizes, the smaller ones being readily positioned in the center of the concave pockets 14: 14:.

Where in the claims I refer to rectangular pockets I wish to be understood as meaning pockets substantially similar in form to the pockets 6 6, while by concave pockets I mean pockets with one concave side wall similar to the pockets 14 14:.

From the Whole description it will be understood my device is highly ornamental and very useful. The body is substantially a candelabra-base, formed into a receptacle and provided with an ornamental panel front, both the base and front being provided with transverse pockets or receptacles differing in form for the purpose stated.

Having thus described my invention, what plurality of transverse pockets each increas- I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters ing in width toward the center of the cover Patent, is and having a straight front and a curved back. A device of the kind described, comprising In testimony whereofI have hereunto signed 5 a body-piece forming a back, provided with a my name in the presence of two subscribing 5 plurality of transverse rectangular pockets witnesses.

in which the fronts of said pockets are ar- ISIDOR KELLNER. ranged parallel to the back of said body-piece, Witnesses: in combination with an oval cover pivotally JOHN W. HILL,

1 connected to the body and provided with a CHARLES I. COBB. 

